Electric-bracket outlet



} April 12, 1927.

O; A. FREDERICKSON ELECTRIC angcxs'l OUTLET Filed Feb. 11 1924 ATTk/VEY' Y Patented Apr. 12, 1927.

- oN TEn STATES 1,624,547 PATENT OFFICE.

oTTo- A. FREDERICKVSON, or .WETHE SFI LD, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR To THE AMERI- CAN 'wIREMoLn COMPANY, OF HARTFORD, CONNEcTICUT, A CORPORATION or C NECTICUT.

ELECTRIC-BRACKET OUTLET.

Application filed February 11, 1924. Serial No. 692,012.

This invention relates to an electric fixture adaptedv to be attached to the ordinary form of electric light wall bracket.

It is often undesirable to attach electrical appliances such as vacuum cleaners, electric irons, extension cords for portable electric lamps, and other like devices, to the ordinary electric lamp socket, because this necessitates "the removal of the electric lamp and prelH vents its use while the electrical appliance is connected to the-lamp socket.

The flush type of base board or wall receptacles form a more satisfactory means for supplying current to the various household electrical appliances, but thesebase board or wall receptacles are not found in all the rooms in which it may be desired to use an electric iron or other electrical appliance, and it is comparatively expensive to'install such receptacles after the house has been completed.

Due to the extensive use in the home of .various electrical appliances, it is desirable that a simple and inexpensive fixture be provided which may be easily installed adjacent the ordinary electric wall bracket, and the present invention is directed to such an electric fixture or attachment.

The-ordinary wall electriclight bracket is 550 provided with a canopy which conceals the electric conductors that lead to the electric light socket and these conductors may be readily tapped when an electric attachment is installed, but difficulty has been experienced heretofore in devising a satisfactory construction for leading the conductors out from under the canopy.

The present invention therefore contemplates a receptacle which may be readily secured to a wall of a room adjacent the canopy of an electric light bracket, and the installation of which requires that only a shallow notch be formed in the rear edge of the canopy to receive the protecting tube for the conductors leading to the receptacle.

Various features of the invention will be hereinafter described in connection with the accompanying drawings which illustrate one good practical form thereof.

In the drawings D Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a wall bracket having the electric fixture of the present invention installed'at one side of the canopy.

55 Fig. 2 is a perspectlve view of the outer casingof the electric fixture of the present invention. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the base of the fixture, the outer casing being ,re-' moved. I

Fig. 4 is a side view ofthe complete fixture; and i Fig. 5 is a plan view of the fixture, the cover being removed.

In Fig. 1 of the drawing is shown a sidewalllight fixture of usual construction con- 'sisting of a bracket supporting the electric light 11, and upon the bracket 10 is mounted the usual canopy 12 which serves to enclose the conductors for the electric light and to give the fixture a finished appearance. The conopies in use usually flare outwardly as shown toward the ring portion 19. at the base, and a notch may be readily formed in the ring portion 12 for the passage of conductors, but if the notch is cut deep enough to reach the flared portion of the canopy it spoils the appearance of the same.

The electric fixture or attachment F of the present invention is shown in Fig. l as secured to the wall at one side of the canopy 12, and the fixture F consists of a metal base plate 13 to whichthe receptacle ll-of any well known or preferred construction is secured. The receptacle 14 which is made of nonconducting material is shown as having the openings 15 adapted to receive the prongs of the usual attachment. The construction of the receptacle 14L however may be varied as desired to receive different attachments without departing from the scope of the present invention.

The base plate 18 is conveniently formed of sheet metal and is provided with a tube 16 adapted to extend from the base plate into the canopy 12 to enclose and protect the conductors 17 leading from the wires within the canopy to the receptacle 14. The tube 16 is preferably formed integrally with the base. plate 13 and is conveniently constructed by cutting the metal along the lines 18 and then bending upwardly and around the cut metal to form the tube as'clearly shown in the drawings.

The fixture F is designed so that it may be readily installed after a house has been wired and the lamp fixtures have been placed in use, and the tube 16 is therefore given the flattened construction shown so that it will l l I) he llOC(\Stll \.l0 cut only a shallow notch in the base ol the :anop to receive the tulle, and since the tuhe is made of sheet metal its outer diameter will not he much greater in one direction than the diameter ol a wire l'i". lract'i allv all 'anopies are made with a ring portion 12 deep enough to accommo- (late the tube '1 ti and it is there'litn'e unnecessary to cut the flared portion of a canopy in installing the present fixture.

The receptacle it may he secured to the base plate 13 h a central screw ill, and the base plate may he secured to a wall :Ztl he screws: :21 inserted thru apertures 2:2 in the hase plate. The receptacle It is enclosed h a metal cover 2 that is secured to the hase plate hv screws 2-1. and a notch 25 is formed in the cover to clear the tuhe 1(3. The outer end ot the receptacle extends thrn an opcu inc in the cover as shown.

From the 'toregoino it will he seen that the electric lixture h is simple in eonstrtu-tion and may he easil installed adjacent the usual electric wall hraelcet and that due to the [lat ctmstruction ol the tuhe '16 a shallow notch formed in the canop will he suliieicnt to receive the tube.

hat is claimed is:

1. An attachment for an electric light lixof the 'lixture comprising a plug receiving receptzu'le having electric conductor wires for connecting it to the electric light eontluctors within the canopy, a metal hase plate to which the receptacle is secured and constructed to he 'l'astened to a wall (it the room adjacent the canop vi an enclosing car-anctor the receptacle. and a tuhe lormetl integra with the base plate and (OllStI'llClttl to t.-

tend thru a shallow notch in the base ol the 'anop and to con'ipletely enclose the portion 01 the coiuluctor wires extending from the receptacle to the interiorol the canopy.

:2. An attachment for the type of electric light tixture having a canop :lor ct'mcealing the hase ot' the lixture, comprising a plug receiving receptacle having electric cont'luctor wires tor connecting it to the electric conductors within the canopy, a sheet metal base plate upon which the receptacle is mounted and adapted to he secured to a wall adjacent the canonv and having a portion which is hent to term a laterally (Xltlltllllg'l'llllfi that is constructed to extend through a shallow notch in the base oi? the canopy. saidtuhe hein; formed to completely enclose the portion o t the conductor wires extending from the receptacle to the interior of the canopy.

t. An attachment for an electric lightfixture having a canopy tor concealing the base ot the lixture. eomprisint a plug receiving receptacle having electric conductor wires for connectii'ur it to the electric conductors within the canopy, a metal base plate upon which the receptacle. is mounted and adapted to he fastened to a wall adjacent the canopy, and a tlattenctl tithe formed integral with the hose plate and projecting therelrom to extend thru a shallow notch termed in the hase ot the canopy, and having a crtiss-seetional area that is just large enough to receive two conducttn' wires side hy side and adapted to protect the portion of the wires extending lromthe receptacle into the o'r'ro a. rarinnntoltson. 

